Media and Culture

Murray Rothbard said it best: egalitarianism is a revolt against nature itself. Unfortunately, progressive politicians are determined to push egalitarian regimes no matter how disastrous they turn out to be.

Brazil’s carnival celebration is a huge event that also is heavily subsidized by government at all levels. Yet carnival would do very well if the subsidies were replaced with entrepreneurial investment.

Ryan and Zach talk about the signs that the West is slowly abandoning its goal of total victory over Russia in Ukraine.

When people say that “socialism doesn’t work,” what do they mean? To better examine and critique socialism, one should apply the socialists’ framework, which is alone worthy of condemnation.

“The public be damned” is a statement by railroad magnate William Henry Vanderbilt that has been twisted out of context. While the American ruling classes insist that private enterprise is the enemy of the people, it really is our government that bears that distinction.

Today we are featuring the winning essays in the Student Essay Contest for undergraduates at the Austrian Economics Research Conference.

Today we are featuring the winning essays in the Student Essay Contest for undergraduates at the Austrian Economics Research Conference.

While fears that AI will morph into something like the Terminator and try to destroy the world, the real threat from AI is that the authorities will use it to produce propaganda and public lies.

Artificial intelligence has much to contribute as a consumption good and a producer’s good. However, there also are limitations in what AI can do, given it susceptible to the GIGO rule: Garbage in, garbage out.

Today we are featuring the winning essays in the Student Essay Contest for undergraduates at the Austrian Economics Research Conference.